After spending much of the summer touring Britain and playing the European festival circuit, Flaming Lips have returned home to the States and plan to launch a fall U.S. tour on September 27 in Nashville.

The Oklahoma City-based group is still out touting its acclaimed 1999 effort, "The Soft Bulletin," which won a pair of Premier Awards from the U.K. rock magazine "New Musical Express" in February, including the "Album Of The Year" honor.

While the Flaming Lips have been abroad, a documentary short about the band's 17-year history, titled "The Flaming Lips Have Landed" and directed by Bradley Beesley, has continued to make the rounds at various American film festivals. The 29-minute film was screened at the Chicago Underground Film Festival in late August.